600.5801 Limitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases. Sec. 5801. No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first […]
600.5803 Foreclosure of mortgages. Sec. 5803. No person shall bring or maintain any action or proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on real estate unless he commences the action or proceeding within 15 years after the mortgage becomes due or within 15 years after the last payment was made on the mortgage. This section limits foreclosure […]
600.5805 Injuries to persons or property; period of limitations; “adjudication,” “criminal sexual conduct,” and “dating relationship” defined. Sec. 5805. (1) A person shall not bring or maintain an action to recover damages for injuries to persons or property unless, after the claim first accrued to the plaintiff or to someone through whom the plaintiff claims, […]
600.5807 Damages for breach of contract; specific performance; period of limitations; bond; deed; mortgage; surety bond; appeal bond; public obligations; other actions. Sec. 5807. (1) A person may not bring or maintain an action to recover damages or money due for breach of contract or to enforce the specific performance of a contract unless, after […]
600.5809 Action to enforce noncontractual money obligations; limitations. Sec. 5809. (1) A person shall not bring or maintain an action to enforce a noncontractual money obligation unless, after the claim first accrued to the person or to someone through whom he or she claims, the person commences the action within the applicable period of time […]
600.5811 Common carriers; charges and overcharges; definitions. Sec. 5811. (1) All actions by common carriers for the recovery of all or any part of their charges arising out of the intrastate transportation of persons or property within the state of Michigan, and all actions against carriers for the recovery of overcharges collected by common carriers […]
600.5813 Other personal actions. Sec. 5813. All other personal actions shall be commenced within the period of 6 years after the claims accrue and not afterwards unless a different period is stated in the statutes. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5815 Scope of limitations; legal and equitable; laches. Sec. 5815. The prescribed period of limitations shall apply equally to all actions whether equitable or legal relief is sought. The equitable doctrine of laches shall also apply in actions where equitable relief is sought. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5821 Recovery of land or public ground; period of limitations; personal actions; maintenance, care, and treatment of persons in state institutions. Sec. 5821. (1) An action for the recovery of any land to which this state is a party is not subject to the periods of limitations, or laches. However, a person who could have […]
600.5823 Counterclaims. Sec. 5823. To the extent of the amount established as plaintiff’s claim the periods of limitations prescribed in this chapter do not bar a claim made by way of counterclaim unless the counterclaim was barred at the time the plaintiff’s claim accrued. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5825 Effect of limits running in favor of some joint obligors but not all. Sec. 5825. (1) In actions commenced against 2 or more joint obligators, or joint executors or administrators of any contractor, if it is shown that the plaintiff’s action is barred by the period of limitations as to 1 or more of […]
600.5827 Accrual of claim. Sec. 5827. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the period of limitations runs from the time the claim accrues. The claim accrues at the time provided in sections 5829 to 5838, and in cases not covered by these sections the claim accrues at the time the wrong upon which the claim is […]
600.5829 Accrual of claim; right of entry or recovery of possession of land. Sec. 5829. The right to make an entry on, and the claim to recover land accrue: (1) Whenever any person is disseised, his right of entry on and claim to recover land accrue at the time of his disseisin; (2) When he […]
600.5831 Accrual of claim; mutual and open account current. Sec. 5831. In actions brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account current, the claim accrues at the time of the last item proved in the account. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5833 Accrual of claim; breach of warranty of quality or fitness. Sec. 5833. In actions for damages based on breach of a warranty of quality or fitness the claim accrues at the time the breach of the warranty is discovered or reasonably should be discovered. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5834 Accrual of claim; common carriers; charges; overcharges. Sec. 5834. In actions brought by common carriers to recover for charges arising out of intrastate transportation and in actions brought against common carriers to recover for overcharges arising out of intrastate transportation the claim in respect to each shipment of property accrues upon the delivery or […]
600.5835 Accrual of claim; life insurance; presumption of death. Sec. 5835. In actions on life insurance contracts where the claim is based on the 7-year presumption of death, the claim accrues at the end of the 7 years, for the purpose of computing the running of the period of limitations. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. […]
600.5836 Accrual of claim; installment contracts. Sec. 5836. The claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5837 Accrual of claim; alimony. Sec. 5837. The claims for alimony payments accrue as each payment falls due. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
600.5838 Claim based on malpractice; accrual; commencement of action; burden of proof; limitations. Sec. 5838. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5838a or 5838b, a claim based on the malpractice of a person who is, or holds himself or herself out to be, a member of a state licensed profession accrues at the time […]
